Ramesses III - The actual history of Total War: Pharaoh's posterboy

These were supposed to be 10-15 minutes, but Ramesses is famous for a good reason it turns out. Plus I ended up kvetching about his representation in the game more than I intended for one episode. Let me know in the comments if you like this longer format, if I should be condensing them. Probably going to keep these videos a bit shorter on average, just because editing a video takes a lot longer than just making a podcast. Anyway, hope you enjoy.

[Set-lwqj]

Ramesses 3 is the youngest son of Ramesses 2. When you read in the records that Sutech is the Father of Setnakhte, it is speaking of the Neter Set from amongst the Devine Deities Set is the one from amongst the Neteru that empowered Setnakhte. His being recorded as the youngest son is found at the Ramessuem built by Ramesses 2.

[Sotsky]

Total War has put historicity in the back burner since it’s probably that very few people actually have any knowledge on the subject and so-called “historians” have a TV historians proficiency. If I were you I’d offer my consulting services to them.

[Sotsky]

I’d like to play as Habiru, or Mittani, or Babylon DLC.

[Richie___]

I want a faction of PEOPLE, families, intrigue, corruption. That’s the whole strategy maps purpose. Pharaoh is not what we wanted out of a mainline title.

All the bullshit aside this game will:
Have Day 1 DLC
Pre-order bonus
Blood Pack
crucial game mechanics gatekept through DLC
Broken AI
weaker mod support compared to older titles
Reply your thoughts!

[LagunaShirogane]

The more i watch your video, the more apathetic I am towards Seti II as being a better ruler than even Rameses III in an overall sense. Rameses was good but not good enough to keep the country together completely. It makes Seti II the king the country needed but tragically lost to the sands of civil war because like his predecessor of the 11th Dynasty Menuhotep II, he had the ambition and capability to do what it needed to keep it all together...even if his rule was harsh. Not saying that Rameses III was a push over. Oh hell no. But over all, Im beginning to feel that in the long term, he was wasn't quite the right man for the situations he had to deal with in his era. Almost like "wrong place wrong time" kind of scenario but the best that fate could provide the country since both Amenmesse and Set II were dead by that point in his ascension. I think Rameses III would have fitted better in more peaceful times such as the golden era of the 19th Dynasty or even the 12th Dynasty under Senusret III or even the 4th Dynasty of Khufu and Djoser.

[yenneferbelgrade]

Nice one, interesting content, what i would prefer though is more of talk about Tausret and about Hittites. Did you know that there are some stories ( mythology not history ) that Tausret dealt with Hellen of Troy at some point, now i don’t mean you should cover that what i mean is that i find Tausret enigmatic and interesting character about which we know very little about and would be nice to know more. Same about Hittites and their last king.